Angie Sullivan

I think this trial is going to be super big, so I want you to stay locked in on it to report to our viewers exactly what's going on here.

Let's shift gears, keeping in the legal genre.

People are paying Trump for pardons, as has been reported, but there's a little hook to it here that I didn't see coming.

Pop this up.

Trump gave pardons in exchange for up to $2 million through influencer program, bypassing the Justice Department.

Next slide.

A Reuters investigation found Trump's clemency now flows through a paid network of influencers appealing directly to him.

With the Justice Department sidelined, 96% of Trump's pardons broke Justice Department rules.

Some intermediaries charge up to $2 million for access.

That access is enhanced when an applicant can craft a narrative that resonates with the president's own sense of victimization.

I am no criminal investigator.

I am no criminal defense lawyer, but this in and of itself, what I just read to you sounds like it's a bunch of crimes.

Let's talk about a lot of the people that he is pardoning have robbed people out of money, have absolutely stolen from people.

And they have bravely hired attorneys, had class action lawsuits and received a verdict wherein the person who stole from them is supposed to face accountability, but also more importantly to them, receive restitution.

And so when the president does this

And you have people that like invested in things, their retirement accounts, kind of Bernie Madoff, miniature Bernie Madoffs that he's pardoning.

What happens to their restitution when the president pardons their crimes?

So they were first ripped off by these felons that had been found guilty.

And then secondly, ripped off by their own country.

Probably a lot of these people maybe even voted for this man.